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<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I removed the overviews from the manual <span
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class="phui-tag-core ">(rBM3885 - </span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">rBM3900).<br>
These are links, commonly on intro pages, to the
subsections of the chapter and a brief ~2 sentence
summary.<br>
(last remaining: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/editors/3dview/object/types.html">https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/editors/3dview/object/types.html</a>).<br>
</span></span></span></span><span class="phui-tag-view
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phui-tag-border-none "><span class="phui-tag-core "><span
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class="phui-tag-core ">I guess </span></span></span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core "></span></span></span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">these </span></span></span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">where</span></span></span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core "> </span></span></span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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phui-tag-shade phui-tag-border-none "><span
class="phui-tag-core ">originally created because the wiki
has no TOCs, so pages had to be linked manually.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">The reason for removing them was:<br>
Duplicated content: every page should start with a summary
anyway, so merging these together could raise the quality.<br>
Additional work to keep them up-to-date: which was
confirmed by missing summaries or even whole items.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">The question is if we should add
them back in, but this time automatically generating them
with a script.<br>
Almost all it would take it to do is copy the first
sentences of a page. This can be achieved in different
ways:</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">1. The build-in include:</span></span></span></span><br>
<span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">Would need either to be line based
or with comment marks (.. copy from here). I didn't
actually tried it.</span><span class="phui-tag-core "><br>
</span></span></span></span><span class="phui-tag-view
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phui-tag-border-none "><span class="phui-tag-core "><span
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class="phui-tag-core ">con: marks in the text or breaks
easily, without a way to check it<br>
pro: full-automatic</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
phui-tag-slim phui-tag-shade phui-tag-border-none "><span
class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">2. Custom extension: nope<br>
</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">3. A custom script:<br>
I think the most intuitive way is to select per sentence.<br>
con: "e.g. " or any other dot space could breaks it. semi-</span></span></span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">automatic<br>
pro: easy to check (diff), line wraps<br>
</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">I quickly created a proof of
concept.<br>
The overview on the intro page (physics in this case)
would be generated based on a pseudo directive:</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core "> .. overview<br>
particles/introduction: 2<br>
collision: 0<br>
fluid/introduction: 2<br>
soft_body/introduction: 1</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">It is composed out of the relative
path and the number of sentences to copy. It is stored on
the page as a comment for future generations :)<br>
</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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phui-tag-shade phui-tag-border-none "><span
class="phui-tag-core ">Here is the current raw output of
the script:</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core ">particles<br>
Particles are lots of items emitted from mesh objects,
typically in the thousands. Each particle can be a point
of light or a mesh, and be joined or dynamic. <br>
collision<br>
<br>
fluid<br>
Fluid physics are used to simulate physical properties of
liquids especially water. While creating a scene in
Blender, certain objects can be marked to participate in
the fluid simulation.<br>
<br>
soft body<br>
A Soft Body in general, is a simulation of a soft or rigid
deformable object. <br>
</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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phui-tag-shade phui-tag-border-none "><span
class="phui-tag-core ">>The output could </span></span></span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core ">then </span></span></span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">be </span></span></span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">appended </span></span></span></span><span
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class="phui-tag-core "><span class="phui-tag-view
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class="phui-tag-core ">formatted as normal RST syntax.<br>
The directive can be compared with index's toc to detect
modifications.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="phui-tag-view phui-tag-type-shade phui-tag-indigo
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class="phui-tag-core ">Regards,<br>
Tobias<br>
</span></span></span></span></p>
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